Ribald Classic: The Contract
March, 1976
As the raja gambled with his friend the Brahmin, flinging the golden dice upon the silver dice board, he would sing this catch:By nature's law, all rivers windAnd trees grow wood by rule of kind.So, given opportunity,A woman will unfaithful be.It seemed to bring luck; the Brahmin always lost.Now, in India, it was held to be true that any man who kept an authentic virgin in his household attracted good fortune to himself in mysterious ways. Recalling this belief, the Brahmin one day went into the...
